| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 31, 1997 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Yola, Nigeria |
| Operator: | Skypower Express Airways |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Jos - Yola |
| AC Type: | Embraer 110P1A Bandeirante |
| Registration: | 5N-AXS |
| cn / ln: | 110458 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:13 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 5 (passengers:2 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | After being in a holding pattern for over an hour the plane hit trees and a power line and crashed 700m short of the runway. Failure to maintain the aircraft above the Minimum Descent Altitude while the aircraft was not positioned in the final landing phase. |
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